Advertising mechanism



April 16, 1935. J CHESSQN 1,997,964

ADVERTISI-NG MECHANISM Filed April 5, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Amman/J. CHESSON gywwm Patented Apr. 16, 19 35 .s: v

* jnw r p "STATES PATENT OFFICE I ilgrivlin'ri sine' tmo in1\r1s1\ /1" i Andrew J. Cliesson; Lakeliure, N; 1 Application Apr-n. 3, 1934, am 118313 f i l c. V v p Q 'lfllaiinslg (01140437 7 I v k lhisinvention relatestoan advertising Figure 9 is a cross -sectional view taken along anism' and more espeoi'allvto; an endless sign the line 8-9 in-Figure 7.; 1

driven by ianysuitable powersuch-as a windmill, Referring more specifically to the drawings, the together with a peculiar arrangement of parts for numerals I and ii indicate suitable posts ofa 115 the accomplishment of desired results in advertowerythere.-usually;being two other posts imtising; U 1, mediately,behindthepostsl0 and forming the 1 It is an object of, this invention to provi'dean tower which hason the upperend thereof a bearadvertising -meohanism having a billboard for ingv plate-lion which .i's'rotatably mountedthe the reception of stillf advertising matter and member-i3 having suitable bearing connections 10 saidybillfboardj having windows therein through withiplate l2 so that'member 13 can rotatewith 10 which displayscan be read from a plurality of respect to bearinggplate 12. Member; 13 has. a ;moving signs appearingthmugh said windows, pair ofrudders l4 and-li-which serve the double said moving displays being-so arranged that some purpose of actingJas a rudder .for'the windmill of the display will be visible throughone, window and also for the reception-of advertising matter.

15 and the remainder of the display; will be visible .On the other, endof member l3-there isdisposed 15 through theother window." j a apair of bearings IGand- "in which is rotatably It is another object ofthisinvention toprovide mounted a shaftj l8, said shaft having on the ,an-advertising mechanism havinga movable endouter end thereof. a hub lflof a windmill. 'The less belt'which has; secured thereon a plurality of otherend of shaft 18 has agbeveldf ear-2fl there- 20 vanes; forgthe. reception of display matter and so on-' ;meshing*with;the beveledgear 2| mounted 2O arrangedathat several of the vanes can beseen at on the upper end-of'a shaft 22 which has a suitthe same; time, and if desiredanarrangement able; universal joint- 23 therein connected: to a can be provided'whereby aportion of-each vane drive shaft;24. The lowerendof drive shaft: 24 can be rendered visible from one-portionof-the has a beveled gear 25 thereon meshing-with an- :26 mechanism while the otherv portion of'the v-vane other. beveled'gear 26 fixed-:=on-ashaft 21 which 25 is hidden from View with the purpose of egchibitismountediiri suitable bearings in the framework ,ing the other portion of the vane at another point of the tower. ;Shaft 21; has a pulley 28 thereon in the mechanism. g w i I adapted to receive abelt 29 for driving an end- It is afurther object of this invention toprmlessrsigndisposed-in the lower portionof the apj- 30 vide-a movablesign driven by a windmill provided paratus and :which will be presently described. 30

;with means for regulating the speed of -the wind- Asuitable idler pulley 29ais providedfor pressmill so that the speed of the movable sign will ing againstbelt 29 to'keep the same taut at all .not exceed certain limits whereby the sign will times. l v V v l 1 always bereadable andwill not be renderdob- Thewindmill propercomprises a plurality of scure 'bytoo greata speed being'imparted thereto. radially disposed spokes 3ll-secured in hub i9 .and

I Some of the. objectsof the. inventionhaving havingjsuitable brackets-3| and 32' fixedly mountbeen Istated, o ther objects willappearasthe de- .ed thereon, confining for rotative movement, scription proceedswhen taken in connection with brackets 33 and 34, which brackets are secured the accompanying-drawings, in which:- to. a blade 35 (of the windmill.. The hub l9 has figurel isan elevation of my advertising mechfixedly securedtherein pins- 36 for limiting the 40 anism; r I windward-movement of the blades 35., Each 7 {Figure 2'is an elevation of the lower,v portion spoke 30 has secured theretoa tension spring of Figure 1, with'the'display boardremoved; Y 38 and the other end of the tensionspring is Figurefi is a vertical sectionalviewtaken along secured .to the adjacent blade--35 of the Windmill.

: the line. 3-3. in'Figure 1; I r o In addition to spring 38 for allowing theblades 5 Figure 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view 35vto feather and to decrease 'theang-le of attack .of "the upper central" portion of'Fi'gure 3; a according to the velocity of the wind, there is lfi Figure 5 isa view similar to Figure 4-but showalso. provided a mechanism shown in Figure 8, ing a modified form of the rollers and traokways; foras'sisti ng in this purpose. Each of the'spokes Figure 6 is a view taken along line 66 in Fig- 30 has fixedly securedthereonbrackets 3i and 5 urea; v I 32 which in turn are connected to blade 40 which Figure 7isa front elevation of'a portion of the has mounted the'reon a tube 4| threaded on its windmill; I 7 exterior for receiving athreaded cap 42 which has iFigureB is across-sectional viewtakenalong a hole therein adapted to be slidably penetrated the line- 8 8 in-Figure 7;; I r I by an arcuate bolt 43 receiving anut 4 4. Dis- 525 posed inside tube 4| and surrounding arcuate bolt 43 is a compression spring 45. The other end of bolt 43 is fixedly secured to the rear side of the blade 35 of the windmill. This arrangement allows the blade 35 to feather and to adjust'its angle of attack according to the velocity of the wind and also the fixed blade 40 serves as a buffer to prevent pressure from being built up on the back side of the blades 35 of the windmill. It is'well knownv that with'vvind blowing against the front surface of the blades that almost equal pressure is built up on the rear surface of the blades and by providing the fixed blades 40 set at an angle to decrease their brakeing power, it prevents the wind from passing around the leading edges of theblades-and build: ing up a pressure on the back side of theblades, This increases the efficiency of the windmill and causes it to start more easily and to operate irr a wind of much less velocity than were the fixed blades 40 not present. 7

Vertically disposed on the tower or supported by any suitable means such as posts 54 and 54a is a board 5|] and disposed in front of board 50 and spaced therefrom is a display board 5| having windows 52and 53 therein. Secured on the posts 54 and 54a are the bearing-brackets 55 in which are mounted shafts 56 and 51 having mounted thereon pulleys 58 and 59, the pulley 58 being driven by belt 2 9'.-= The shaft 56 has fixed thereon and disposed immediately behind pulley 58, a pulley 46, on which belt '29 is mounted. Pulleys 51 and 58 have mounted thereon an endless belt 60 which belt has secured thereon, by any suitable means such as rivets6l, 'a plurality of vanes 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 61, 68,69, 'Iliand 1|. These vanes have a-pin I2 projecting therethrough onwhich rollers 13 and 14 are mounted which are adapted to fit into grooved endless trackways l5 "and 16 disposed on the proximate faces of boards 50 and 5|. These guide the varies and prevent their sagging downwardly in the central portion ofthe endless belt in case it should become slack. v

It is to be noted that'vanes 62 to 1| inclusive,

have duplicate advertising disposed thereon, one

above the other'and one in an inverted position with relation to the other, and the windows 52 and 53 are so arranged that the tip ends of the vanes are visible through window 52' whereas-the butt ends ofth'e vanes are visible through the window 53. In other words, the parts of the vanes farthest removed from the belt 60 are visible -ment for each advertiser visible through the upper and lower windows.

It is-also to be noted that by connecting the vanes to the belt at a single point by rivets 6|, that a pivotal connection is obtained as will be shown with relation to vanes 66 and II as they pass around the pulleys 51 and 58. f

In Figure 5 a slightly modified form of the invention is shown in which, instead of having pin 12 with the rollers thereon, each side of the vane has a suitable bracket 80 thereon on which is mounted a flanged roller 8| which is'adapted to follow a plain trackway 82 fixed on the proximate surfaces of boards 50 and 5l.

It is also to be noted that pulley 28 is in the form of an automobile tire and the advertisement on board 86 disposed immediately thereabove has an arrow 81 pointing tothe revolving wheel imitating an automobile tire so as to increase the effectiveness of the advertisement on board 86, this being peculiarly adaptable for a tire advertisement.

It is to be noted that the printed matter appearing on vanes 62 to II is merely illustrative and where the word Radio appears, of course the complete advertisement of some radio store would appear, or if desired, the sign can be used entirely by one firm which could have the fixed advertisement of the firm on the board 5| and the various articles handled by thefirm could be displayed on the revolving belt. This would give a complete line of correlated advertising for a single firm if desired. Also window 52 could display the advertisements of one firm and window-53 could be devoted to the advertisements of another firm,

In the drawings and specification there has beenset forth a preferred embodiment of the invention, and although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and. descriptive senseonly, and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth inthe appended claims.

I claim: Y

1. An advertising mechanism having a pair of boards disposed one in front of the other and spaced-from each other; the proximate faces of each board having a trackway secured thereon, an endless belt disposed between the boards, a plurality of vanes secured at one end of the belt and having. rollers intermediate their ends adapted to follow said trackways, said vanes being adapted to have advertising matter thereon, said front board having a window therein through which the signs on said vanes are visibleas they move with the endless belt.

2. An advertising mechanism comprising 'a tower, a wind-mill mounted on said tower, a vertically disposed board mounted on the lower portionof said tower, a second vertically disposed board mounted in frontof the first board and spaced therefrom, a pair of pulleys mounted for (rotation between the boards, an endless belt mounted on said pulleys, means connecting the windmill to one of the pulleys for driving the endless belt, a plurality of vanes secured on said endless belt and adapted to have advertising matter placed thereon, saidfront board having at least one window therein through which at least a portion of the advertising matter on said vanesis visible. 7

3. An advertising apparatus comprising a tower,- a vertically disposedboard mounted on the lowerportion of said tower, a second vertically disposed board mounted in front of the first board'and in spaced relation thereto, a pair of pulleys mounted for rotation between the boards, an endless belt mounted on said pulleys, a windmill mounted on top of the tower and having driving connections with one of said pulleys, a plurality of vanes having" one end secured to said belt and adapted to have advertising matter thereon, the proximate surfaces of each board having a track thereon, means on said vanes engagingsaid; tracks for guiding said vanes, said front board having a window therein through which at least a portion of the advertising matter on the vanes is visible.

4. An advertising apparatus comprising a tower, a vertically disposed board mounted on the lower portion of said tower, a second vertically disposed board mounted in front of the first board and in spaced relation thereto, a pair of pulleys mounted for rotation between the boards, an endless belt mounted on said pulleys, a windmill mounted on top of the tower and having driving connections with one of said pulleys, a plurality of vanes having one end secured to said belt and adapted to have advertising matter thereon, the proximate surfaces of each board having a track thereon, means on said vanes engaging said tracks for guiding said vanes, said front board having a pair of windows therein, a portion of each vane being visible through one window and another portion of the vanes being visible through the other window.

5. An advertising apparatus comprising a tower, a vertically disposed board mounted on the lower portion of said tower, a second vertically disposed board mounted in front of the first board and in spaced relation thereto, a pair of pulleys mounted for rotation between the boards, an endless belt mounted on said pulleys, a windmill mounted on top of the tower and having driving connections with one of said pulleys, a plurality of vanes having one end secured to said belt and adapted to have advertising matter thereon, the proximate surfaces of each board to allow the velocity of the wind to adjust the angularity of the blades. V

'7. A windmill having a plurality of radially disposed spokes, a blade pivotally mounted on 1 each spoke, a fixed blade on each spoke and disposed rearwardly of the pivoted blade and a resilient device disposed between the fixed and pivoted blades to permit the velocity of wind to automatically adjust the angularity of the pivoted blades. r

' ANDREW J. CHESSQN. 

